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Laminated Five Heroes

by Tara Lain

I’m delighted to have been asked to blog here today because I do love Naughty Boys. In fact, I tell people that when they read my books they get to meet “The Beautiful Boys of Romance”, and that’s what I’d like to talk about today.

Do you remember in the old Friends TV series, they had the “laminated five”? These were the five men (or woman) that you could have sex with and your significant other could not object. It’s kind of a popular expression with some of my friends. “Who’s on your laminated list?” Year after year, Johnny Depp makes it to one of my top spots. Adam Lambert is on there too, (not that he’d be interested).

But what about book characters? We don’t usually think of them for the top five list since, after all, they aren’t “real”. But then again nether are Johnny or Adam in my world, so why not book characters? In fact, that’s what I try to do when I’m writing. Create at least one hero in every book that is worthy of your laminated five list. A guy so dreamy, so drool-producing, that he surpasses all the rules. These are my “beautiful boys of romance”. I write them, first, because I love them , and I hope you will too.

In my novel, Genetic Attraction, you only have to read a few chapters to know the special relationship I have with Roan Black. He’s not the central character of the book. Em is the main POV character, and Jake is the principal man. But Roan? He’s just special; gentle, charming, sexy, wise and thoroughly yummy. You can tell he captured my heart and a top place on my list. In my recently drafted sequel to Genetic Attraction called Androgynous Dreams, I’m crazy for the complex, reclusive, and very androgynous Elijah who has Shirley Temple curls. I hope you’ll meet him this year.

But I can’t hog all the top spots with my own characters. I haven’t written enough books yet. So I will share a few of my other favorite heroes (five plus a bonus!)

Shasertai in Jet Mykles steampunk story, Sursein Judgment, is one of my all-time favorites. Complex, beautiful, flawed, he’s definitely on my list.

Edward in Lynn Lorenz’ marvelous Edward Unconditionally is clearly someone on her top list (and mine) because he’s written with such love. Funny, sensitive, bright and, we have to say it, flaming gay, he captures all hearts.

Jean Claude from Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series is my vote for top sexiest vamp of all time. Of course, I love pretty men, and he’s the prettiest. He’s a marvelous combination of ruthless and loyal, cool and loving.

Matthew from Sloan Parker’s More is the heart of the novel , and becomes the reader’s emotional anchor in the story. You have to love him.

A new love of mine is Boone in Ethan Day’s Sno Ho, and its sequel Life in Fusion. He’s funny and captivating.

I can’t forget Adin in Z.A.Maxfield’s Notturno and Vigil. Few humans can out-do a vamp for fascination, but this one does.

Now it’s your turn. Who are your “laminated five” heroes? They don’t just have to be from romance novels. Movies? General interest books? Do you have a secret crush on Mr. Darcy or Hawkeye? Share.

About the Author:

Tara Lain never met a beautiful boy she didn’t love – at least on paper. A writer of erotic romance, mostly ménage and male/male, Tara loves all her characters, but especially her handsome heroes. A lifelong writer of serious non-fiction, Tara only fell in love with EROM in 2009 and, through perseverance and lots of workshops, had the first novel she ever wrote accepted for publication in 2010. She’s now on book four. After an exotic life of travel all over the world and work in television, education and advertising, Tara settled in Southern California with her soul-mate husband and opened her own small marketing business. She paints, collages, and started practicing yoga “way before it was fashionable”. Passionate about diversity, justice, inclusion and new ideas she says on her tombstone it will read,  “Yes”.

Check out Tara Lain’s new book!!!

Genetic Attraction

by Tara Lain

Publisher: Loose Id

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Synopsis:

At a conservative Long Island University, renowned researcher, Dr. Emmaline Silvay, has two great loves – her life-saving work, and her younger research partner, Jake Martin. The romantic love is impossible. She’s his boss and he lives with his girlfriend. The the “girlfriend” is actually a boyfriend, the beautiful and infamous supermodel, Roan Black.

Resigned to a platonic relationship, Em accepts a weekend invitation to their home, but the men have a menage on their minds. She can’t resist, doesn’t even want to. But their intentions go far beyond passion. They want her to “be a part of them”. Their three-way love defies propriety and the standards of the University that funds their work. The supermodel’s fame makes secrecy impossible. Their ménage threatens to crumble all she’s worked for. What will give way to make room for genetic attraction?

An Uncommon Whore

By Belinda McBride

Publisher: Loose ID

“As a general rule, you won’t find the love of your life while you’re on your knees under a table.”
– Helios Dayspring

Pasha is a slave, whoring for travelers at the most dangerous bar on Warlan. He has no memory, no future of his own, yet deep inside Pasha knows that that he is meant for better things. The day that Pasha spots the dangerous pirate in the bar, he knows that he mustn’t let the stranger slip away, regardless of what he must do to attract his attention.

Captain Griffin Hawke spent the greater part of a decade searching for his lost king, only to find Helios Dayspring crouched between his knees, swathed in the robes and shackles of a whore. Though he is appalled by the downfall of his king, the hardened officer finds himself falling for the allure of the sensual creature who has taken his place. Returning Helios to his position on the throne is the only right thing to do, yet Griffin knows that in doing so, he risks losing his lover forever.

“A whore is a whore is a whore, unless he’s something else completely. I guess I must be an uncommon whore.”
– Helios Dayspring

Publisher’s Note: This book contains male/male sexual practices.

An Uncommon Whore By Belinda McBride

Review By Missy

2.2/5 Whips in the Backseat

An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride is sadly not so uncommon.   A prince or princess in a lowly position unaware of being lost royalty.  This novel is just a naughtier version then most.  The naught parts of this book are done very well.  Though you do need to be willing to read some raunchy parts, to find the romance. 

I discovered this title on another blog, which also posted an excerpt.  I was hooked.  Since I had not read the blurb Pasha’s princly history came out of no where.  Disappointed expectations can come from a lot of things in a story.  I was very interested after reading the excerpt to see why this warrior wanted Sasha more permanently.  What could make that attraction move forward between these two men?  That seems a harder question to answer then the discovery of a prince and former lover. 

Setting this aside, the story is half a story.  Really, this book is half of the story.  Or maybe only one third.  Pasha and Griffin’s time in the bar and on the alien planet of Warlan is well paced and engaging.  Then we enter the second part of this story.  Traveling back to the planet they come from and that is in need of their new King.  It is Blah Blah Blah we travel across the skies.  Blah Blah Blah lots of time flies by that we do not get to engage in with the characters.  All of the emotion built between our heros is lost going into the last pages.  Or are they the last pages?

Slight Spoiler – They get to the planet and so ends act I.  There is no ending, nothing is wrapped up.   We are left hanging, will Pasha/Helios and Griffin make it together?  What happens now that the King has returned?  Do I care?  I will be very practicle on this.  If I had paid $5.99 for this book I would be pissed.  That is the price of a full length mass market paper back.   This is an e-book, on the short side – 122 pages, and only half of the story.  I feel no burning desire to read the second part if there is one, I might have been driven to contact the publisher informing them that I felt cheated had I purchased this one.  It is very rare to feel this strongly about the worth of the book compaired to the price being charged.   I will keep a look out for more work by Belinda McBride because I enjoyed the tone of her work and she is very talented. 
- Missy

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